The Atlantique ATL3 maritime patrol aircraft. SCO 9679.
The aircraft normally carries eight tactical crew – the tactical coordinator (TACCO), the deputy TACCO, two radar and electronic support measures officers and two acoustic sensor Atlantique ATL3 has four underwing hardpoints with a total capacity of 3,500kg for carrying missiles such as Harpoon, Maverick, HARM, Magic, Sidewinder and MICA. In addition, a large weapons bay with capacity to carry a maximum internal payload of 5,500kg can carry a wide range of ordnance and equipment to support deployment for out of area operations. Various combinations of payloads can be loaded in the weapons bay with a choice of up to eight Nato torpedoes, two Exocet AM39 air-to-surface missiles, four Harpoon air-to-surface missiles, six mines, either 250kg or 500kg, eight anti-submarine warfare depth charges, 12 search and rescue (SAR) containers, 200 sonobuoys and 70 markers. The Thomson CSF Iguane multimode radar has the sensitivity to detect small periscope-size targets. It can operate in surface search mode and weather avoidance mode simultaneously and carries out track-while-scan. An identification friend or foe (IFF) system is integrated into the aircraft is equipped with a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) sensor installed in a spherical turret under the nose. The FLIR carries out search, detection, identification and tracking of targets and has a detection range of up to 100 miles. Two camera systems provide vertical and oblique photography. A Sextant Avionique magnetic anomaly detector (MAD), for the detection and location of submarines, is installed in the lengthened tail section of the Rolls-Royce Allison AE2100H engines, equipped with six-blade composite propellers from Messier Dowty produce 10% more power than the current generation ATL engines, but use 15% less fuel.
Size: 5943px × 4119px
Location: RAF Lossiemouth, Moray. Grampian Region. Scotland. United Kingdom.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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